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WorksheetsQuiz Bowl Screening
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 10hrs 0mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What time is 1 hour and ten minutes later than 9:36?
a)
10:46
b)
10:49
c)
10:56
2.
2. If you have three red marbles and four blue marbles in a sack, what is the probability of pulling out a red marble?
a)
2/7
b)
3/4
c)
3/7 or three to seven
3.
3. Add the following numbers: 7, -2, 9, -10, and -4
a)
-5
b)
8
c)
Zero
4.
4. Find the area of a square with a side of 13 meters.
a)
A. 169 square meters
b)
B. 52 sq. meters
c)
C. 166 sq. meters
5.
5. How many prime numbers are there less than ten but greater than one?
a)
A. None
b)
B. Four (2, 3, 5, 7)
c)
C. Two (3, 7)
6.
6. Round the following number to the nearest thousand: 661,432
a)
A. 660,000
b)
B. 661,000
c)
c. 662,000
7.
7. One hectometer equals how many meters?
a)
A. 10
b)
B. 50
c)
C. 100
8.
8. What is the number that results when 5,206 is multiplied by 3?
a)
A.15,618
b)
B. 150,618
c)
C. 16,718
9.
9. The local bakery sold five dozen chocolate chip cookies. How many cookies is that?
a)
A. 48
b)
B. 60
c)
C. 72
10.
10. Four boys divided $4.80. How much money did each boy get?
a)
A. $1.40
b)
B. $2.20
c)
C. $1.20
11.
11. Provide the name for a device that allows one to easily complete or break an electrical circuit.
a)
A. Volt
b)
B. Switch
c)
C. Fuse
12.
12. What form of cell reproduction occurs when one cell divided into two cells in basically four steps?
a)
A. Mitosis
b)
B. Diploid
c)
C. Chromosome
13.
13. The circulatory system is the body's transportation system. Name vessels that carry blood back to the heart.
a)
A. Arteries
b)
B. Veins
c)
C. Capillaries
14.
14. In many parts of Africa, the people experience long periods of time when no rain falls. What is this time called?
a)
A. global warming
b)
B. Culumus
c)
C. Drought
15.
15. In what year did the astronauts explore the moon?
a)
A. 1963
b)
B. 1969
c)
C. 1976
16.
16. What are the grasslands in east Africa, Australia, and parts of South America called?
a)
A. Savannas
b)
B. Plains
c)
C. Plateaus
17.
17. Name the largest mountain range in South America.
a)
A. Sierra Madre
b)
B. Appalachian
c)
C. Andes
18.
18. What is the smallest organized unit of living protoplasm?
a)
A. Membrane
b)
B. Cell
c)
C. Gene
19.
19. Found in the ancient city of Athens, this temple to Athena was erected on the Acropolis. Name it.
a)
A. Parthenon
b)
B. Coliseum
c)
C. Eiffel Tower
20.
20. What is the outer layer of skin called?
a)
A. Hypodermis
b)
B. Mesodermis
c)
C. Epidermis
21.
21. Identify the main verb in this sentence. Joe could have been running home.
a)
A. Home
b)
B. Running
c)
C. Joe
22.
22. What is the adverb in the following sentence? Suddenly lightning flashed across the sky.
a)
A. Suddenly
b)
b. Lightning
c)
C. Flashed
23.
23. Tom's mother is in the hospital. What is the subject of the preceding sentence?
a)
A. Hospital
b)
B. Tom
c)
C. Mother
24.
24. Alexander Dumas wrote a very famous book about some musketeers. How many musketeers are there in the title of the novel?
a)
A. Three
b)
B. Four
c)
C. Ten
25.
25. What is the adjective in the following sentence? The theoretical idea was embraced by the professor.
a)
A. Idea
b)
B. Embraced
c)
c. Theoretical
26.
26. What kind of accent mark is heavier and indicates more stress on syllables?
a)
A. Primary accent
b)
B. Exclamation
c)
C. Apostrophe
27.
27. The novel Moby Dick is about what type of large animal?
a)
A. Elephant
b)
B. Whale
c)
C. Shark
28.
28. Spell the word (there) as used in this sentence. She asked if she could hold (their, there, they're) coats.
a)
A. t-h-e-I-r
b)
B. t-h-e-r-e
c)
C. t-h-e-y-'-r-e
29.
29. What is the adverb in the following sentence? The tall boy waked slowly.
a)
A. Slowly
b)
B. Walked
c)
C. Tall
30.
30. What is the subject of the following sentence? By a landslide, the victor was Major Smith.
a)
A. Major Smith
b)
B. Landslide
c)
C. Victor
31.
31. The middle part of this country is called the outback. Name the country.
a)
A. Australia
b)
B. Germany
c)
C. Brazil
32.
32. The Federal Government helps keep our environment healthful and clean through an agency known as the EPA. For what do those initials stand?
a)
A. Environmental Publication Association
b)
B. Ecological Public Administration
c)
C. Environmental Protection Agency
33.
33. What is the main religion of North Africa and Southwest Asia?
a)
A. Hinduism
b)
B. Islam
c)
C. Buddhism
34.
34. The Amazon is the largest river on what continent?
a)
A. South America
b)
B. Australia
c)
C. Asia
35.
35. If the northern hemisphere is experiencing the winter season, what season is the southern hemisphere experiencing at the same time?
a)
A. Summer
b)
B. Spring
c)
C. Fall
36.
36. Jamestown was the first English colony. Name the second colony that was settled by the English in 1620.
a)
A. Plymouth
b)
B. Roanoke
c)
C. Boston
37.
37. What state shares its southern border with North Carolina?
a)
A. South Carolina
b)
B. Kentucky
c)
C. Virginia
38.
38. In what city would you find the Vietnam War Memorial?
a)
A. Los Angeles
b)
B. Washington D.C.
c)
C. New York
39.
39. What is the name of the continent that surrounds the South Pole?
a)
A. Antarctica
b)
B. South America
c)
C. Australia
40.
40. What country did the American colonies defeat to gain their independence?
a)
A. France
b)
B. England/Britain
c)
C. Germany
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